OSHA Inspection: R.D. COX MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Jun 13, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard up to 11 feet 7 inches while working from a mobile frame scaffold filling mortar joints and the scaffold was not fully planked.

Issued

Jun 13, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard up to 11 feet 7 inches while working from a mobile frame scaffold filling mortar joints and each employee was not provided training on the hazards associated with working from a mobile frame scaffold and the controls to minimize the hazards.

Issued

Jun 13, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral pre-fabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:       Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the mobile frame scaffold and acceptable means of access on an off the scaffold was not provided for the employee.

Issued

Jun 13, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operation, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:        Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the mobile frame scaffold and the employer had not provided training to the employee on the scaffold hazards, the design criteria and proper assembly of the scaffold.

Issued

Jun 13, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard up to 11 feet 7 inches while working from a mobile frame scaffold filling mortar joints and the scaffold did not have a suitable top rail.

Issued

Jun 13, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard up to 11 feet 7 inches while working from a mobile frame scaffold filling mortar joints and the scaffolding was not erected under the direction of someone acting in the capacity of a competent person before employees were allowed to access the scaffold.

Issued

Jun 13, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(2): Scaffold casters and wheels were not locked with positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks, or equivalent means, to prevent movement of the scaffold while the scaffold was used in a stationary manner:     Employees were exposed to falling up to 11 feet 7 inches while working from a mobile frame scaffold and the caster wheel was not locked.